In addition to the reception hall on the first floor of the Zhang family, there is also a small hall for daily living.

    Zhang Heling brought the scissors and tape, followed Zhang Yansheng downstairs with a question mark, and went all the way to this small hall.

    Zhang Yansheng looked around and chose a wall. There are exactly two entrances and exits at both ends of that wall, leading to the interior of the house and the courtyard, with such a narrow wall in the middle. There is now a side table with a small sculpture on it. There is a painting hanging on the wall.

    Zhang Yansheng took a look, then walked over to take off the painting and put it aside.

    “Cut four short pieces of scotch tape and give them to me.” She gave instructions.

    The child obediently obeyed the instructions, cut a short piece of scotch tape, and handed it to her first. She lowered her head and cut the second one. She looked up and wanted to hand it to her sister, but she was stunned all of a sudden.

    Her eldest sister pressed her ‘Learning Star’ certificate on the wall, and one of the corners was fixed there with a scotch tape.

    Seeing Zhang Heling stunned, Zhang Yansheng took the piece of tape from her hand and exclaimed, “What are you waiting for?! Keep cutting!”

    She also fixed the other corner of the certificate with the second piece of tape. Now, her own hands were freed. Seeing that Zhang Heling was useless, she simply took over the scissors and tape and did the cutting herself.

    Zhang Heling asked hesitantly: “Is this… okay?”

    “Why not?” Zhang Yansheng asked rhetorically, “Isn’t something like an award certificate must to be shown to others? What’s the point of hiding it in a box sneakily?”

    “No…” Zhang Heling said weakly, “I mean, it’s not good to post it here…right? Will Dad and Mom be upset?”

    Zhang Yansheng cut the scotch tape and told her calmly: “This place was originally for posting awards, don’t you remember?”

    “Huh?” Zhang Heling was a little dazed.

    “Forget it, you were still young at that time. It’s amazing that you remember me pushing you.” Zhang Yansheng said while pasting, “This wall was used for me to post my awards. At that time, I had many awards and some competition certificates. When you first came home, this wall was almost plastered. This painting was hung here later.”

    Then later, why didn’t you post anything? Zhang Heling thought.

    Liang Yingying has always disliked Zhang Heling for being ‘stupid’, but Zhang Heling just won’t please Zhang Huan as she expected. It is definitely impossible for a child who can take the first place in the class to be a fool.

    Zhang Heling faintly felt that if she asked her sister, what happened ‘later’ must not be what she wanted to hear; and she also felt that this was probably related to the arrival of the mother and her children.

    Zhang Heling bit her lip, too timid to ask.

    Zhang Yansheng posted the ‘Learning Star’ certificate, stepped back, looked at it with her crossed arms, and asked, “Is it all right? Isn’t it crooked?”

    Zhang Heling also looked around and said, “It’s all right!” Zhang Yansheng nodded, torn open the tape, picked up the scissors, and began to paste the second one.

    Pressing her finger on the wall to gently smooth the tape, Zhang Yansheng didn’t expect that one day, she would do the same.

    In the past, her father didn’t care about the family affairs. So, whenever she receives a new award certificate, she will give it to her mother as soon as possible. Her mother will stick it on this wall by her own hands. When her mother passed away, this wall was so full of her awards.

    Later on… no one had posted it for her anymore.

    She also stopped participating in all kinds of competitions that were actually meaningless. Her academic performance has gradually become ordinary, so the awards in the school cannot be obtained.

    The award certificates on the wall have become old or even broken.

    When she went home one day, all of the awards were gone, and a painting that Liang Yingying bought was hanging there.

    Zhang Yansheng quarreled with Liang Yingying and asked her, “Why did you tear up all my award certificates?!”

    Liang Yingying said: “They’ve been hanging there for so long. They’re all old, okay, and one of them is already damaged. Isn’t it ugly? Look at this house, it’s beautiful everywhere. But with this tattered wall, what kind of look is this?”

    Zhang Huan, who tried to smooth things out at the time, just said: “They’re really old and don’t look good. It’s okay. Let’s hang up the painting first. When Yanyan gets a new certificate, we will post it again here. As simple as that!”

    But Zhang Yansheng knew that this matter was not that simple at all!

    This is Liang Yingying, a woman who is eroding her home little by little.

    She can only hate that she was young at that time, she could feel it, but she couldn’t express it, she could only scream and make a big noise.

    The inability to change is disgusting.

    “Hey, what about this sticking certificate?”

    Zhang Huan’s voice suddenly sounded in the corridor.

    The two girls looked over.

    As soon as Zhang Huan finished training his wife, he was dissatisfied and got hungry. Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, he went downstairs.

    Before the meal was ready, he used to sit in the small hall first. As soon as he walked to the entrance, he saw what his two daughters were doing there.

    He likes to see these two half-sisters getting along so harmoniously. This is a peaceful scene that has only been seen in the past few days, and it makes people feel very good when they look at it.

    He walked over, looked at the award certificate on the wall, and said with emotion: “It’s been a long time since I saw an award certificate posted here. Remember when you were young, they were all plastered here. Later, they were all gone… I kept saying that I would post it when you got a new one, but Dad waited for a long time. Let Dad see it, Yanyan, what kind of award did you get? Hey? Hey? Is this… Hehe’s?”

    Zhang Huan looked embarrassed.

    Zhang Yansheng didn’t care. Oh please, only elementary school students care about things like awards. Okay, who cares about things like awards for middle school students? Besides, she is actually an adult already.

    “They are Hehe’s awards from last semester.” She paused and added, “It’s in the third grade.”

    Because she had a little doubt that Zhang Huan didn’t even know what grade Zhang Heling was in.

    She didn’t pay attention to what her sister just said, but Zhang Heling’s eyes lit up.

    Her sister just called her ‘Hehe’!

    This is the first time in her memory!

    Zhang Huan also noticed it. After all, Zhang Yansheng refused to call Liang Yingying ‘Mom’ or even ‘Aunt Liang’. She also called her younger brother and sister by their full name. Liang Yingying often whispered in his ears, and his ears were almost puffed up.

    Zhang Huan was overjoyed and the unhappiness caused by Liang Yingying had dissipated just now. He said cheerfully: “It’s our Hehe, it’s awesome. Dad will check what kind of awards these are. ‘Learning Star’? What is this? Is this a commendation for academic performance?”

    Zhang Heling told him: “The top three in the class receive the Learning Star award.”

    Zhang Huan said in surprise: “Our Hehe can enter the top three in the class? That’s great!”

    Zhang Heling hesitated for a moment and said, “I am the first in the class and the second in the entire grade.”

    “…” Zhang Huan, “Huh?”

    Zhang Yansheng: “Heh.”

    Zhang Yansheng’s ‘heh’ was full of irony. Zhang Huan couldn’t hold on to his face, and he hurried to make up for himself: “Look at your dad, I’m too busy at work. I don’t even know when our Hehe’s academic performance become this good?”

    Zhang Heling said helplessly: “I have been since the first grade, and I have also taken the first place in the first grade.”

    Zhang Huan: “…”

    Zhang Yansheng: “Heh!”

    Zhang Huan smiled embarrassedly: “Your mother didn’t tell me either. Good! Very good! Our Hehe is so awesome!”

    As he said that, he clapped his hands and gave a thumbs up.

    What about coaxing the children?

    But Zhang Heling is indeed still a child. It is the first time that Zhang Huan has paid so much attention and praised her for growing up like this. She was a little loss and flattered. The little face was flushed with excitement.

    Zhang Huan always knew that his little daughter was very cute. After all, both parents have good looks, and none of the three children in the family are ugly.

    But now he really thinks that Zhang Heling is so cute!

    He, the father, shouldn’t it be at this time — when this kind of child does not cry, does not cause trouble, and earns back the honor — will appear on the stage, give praises and rewards, listen to the children cheering with joy, and admire their happy smiles and shining eyes?

    As for the crying, noise, and trivial growth processes that require a lot of energy and thought –there is still their mother anyway.

    When you are a father, you are responsible for making money to feed them, and then you can enjoy these good times.

    It’s a pity that since the death of his first wife, he has not enjoyed such a good time as a father for a long time.

    Ever since Liang Yingying was brought into the family, the house has been so noisy.

    Zhang Huan once regretted not listening to his elder brother’s advice or obstruction from his mother. He only thought that the child could be taken care of by a mother, so Liang Yingying entered the family.

    In fact, at the beginning, his brother and mother’s f*cking idea is to just bring the children in, and spend money on the woman to get rid of her. His old mother even said that she could raise the two illegitimate children. But Zhang Huan was fascinated for a while and didn’t listen.

    Regret… the person involved stated that he has regretted it for the past few years.

    “Come on, Hehe, talk to Dad, what do you want?” Zhang Huan said with a smile.

    He suddenly felt as if he hadn’t said this for several years.

    Zhang Yansheng hadn’t heard this sentence for several years as well. Once upon a time, when this man saw the award certificates, he always smiled and asked: “What does Yanyan want?”

    This is simply his highlight moment.

    He never asked what kind of effort Zhang Yansheng had put into obtaining these awards, and what kind of effort her mother had put into as well.

    He would only promise and pay generously.

    Later, in the future, when Zhang Yansheng died, he also gave up his hopeless daughter a long time ago, and only used money to send her away without seeing her.

    Zhang Heling wanted to say, “I don’t have anything I want.” However, Zhang Yansheng slapped the scissors on the side table with a ‘snap’, which shocked the father and daughter who were performing the touching scene of ‘Father’s Love and Filial Piety’.

    “Hehe needs to change her piano teacher.” Zhang Yansheng said, “Her teacher is not good. She is not serious at all. Her class is purely a waste of working hours and cheating your money.”

    Only then did Zhang Huan know that there was still this situation, so he asked Zhang Heling, “Hehe, is that right?”

    Zhang Heling nodded: “She doesn’t care much about me. She just lets me play by myself.”

    Zhang Huan yelled: “Taking my money but didn’t do anything! Fire her!”

    Zhang Yansheng said, “My piano lessons have stopped and I won’t be able to take them in the future. My teacher was found by my mother. She has taught me for many years. She is very good. Let her teach Hehe in the future.”

    Zhang Huan said, “Okay, it happens to be your teacher, so you can just…” Say hello to her and get things done.

    However, before he finished speaking, Zhang Yansheng had already operated her cellphone, raised her head and interrupted him: “I sent you the teacher’s phone number, so you can contact her.”

    “With her…huh?” Zhang Huan was taken aback.

    “After all, you are the parent. Hehe still has a father after all.” Zhang Yansheng smiled sarcastically, “You can’t just pass your child to someone’s care, okay? I’m already taking care of myself, without a mother nor a father. So, I cannot take care of everything for my sister.”

    “Oh, by the way, contact her as soon as possible. My teacher is very popular. It is not easy to make an appointment when her coursebook arrives. I am afraid that it will be too late. If she arranges it for others, then you will not be able to make an appointment.”

    Aunt Luo appeared at the entrance of the corridor at this time and called them: “It’s time for dinner.”

    Zhang Yansheng went straight over.

    Zhang Huan took Zhang Heling to the restaurant, but suddenly reacted and asked Zhang Heling, “Why is your sister not taking piano lessons anymore?”

    “Sister said she doesn’t like playing the piano at all.” Zhang Heling said.

    Doesn’t like it?

    He clearly remembered that when she was a child, she practiced the piano very seriously and went to the exam level by level. Every time she takes the next level, his wife will be very happy.

    So, this child was actually just trying to make his wife happy?

    Zhang Huan couldn’t help but sigh.

    Thinking again, Yanyan can’t really talk well.

    What does she mean by having no mother and no father?

    Come on, he is still alive.